Cartoon gags matter in cartoons, even classic cartoons. In fact, all of these gags you've seen have been created and invented by golden age animation studios like Warner Bros. and MGM.
The most famous gag is definitely the eyes popping out. It's easily been done in a hundred cartoons already.
I enjoy the jaw dropping gag in cartoons. It's extremely expressive and really fun to animate.
Another timeless cartoon gag is when a character's eyes have some sort of symbol like a heart to show someone expressing love.
They also have money eyes. That means they can feel the sense of being rich and seeing a bunch of dollars and cents.
Eh... sometimes they can get a little too hard with the eye symbols.
Powerpuff Girl's reboot made them have these happy emojis on their eyes and it kinda doesn't make sense and it's a little weird. Just stick to heart or money eyes.
An overlooked gag is the Screwball sign. How clever.
The lumps gag has to be my favorite out of all the classic cartoon gags because it can be so painful or just silly. It's incredible detail at times and it's a gag I want to do mostly in my cartoons.
Dredd The Moose is probably going to get the most lumps.
The sign gag is extremely well known in the Coyote and Roadrunner cartoons.
The sucker gag is definitely genius.
Gags like having the characters naked (in a appropriate way) is also funny. It mostly happens to characters like Donald, Foghorn Leghorn and Daffy.
Lastly, the jackass gag. Yes. When I first seen this gag, I was mind-blown that the animators could do whatever they want, and not care about how kid-friendly they want to be. I mean back then these cartoons were mostly aimed at adults in theatres, but nowadays I swear they need to bring this gag back. If that's not the case, then I'm doing it!
I did some sketches my own gags and zany drawings last year, and I'm really proud of it.
Next post I will be talking about my 10 favorite Looney Tunes shorts. Stay tuned 😁
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